Chapter 114: Assessment
University of Kansas head coach Bill Self has been struggling lately. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Andrew Wiggins, the apprentice, ultimately didn't listen to him and announced his entry into the '14 NBA Draft. To add insult to injury, the team's main starting small forward Paul Harris and center Eric Devendoff have announced their participation in the NBA draft two days ago, so the University of Kansas's starting five tigers have removed three at once, making the University of Kansas's prospects for next year even less optimistic.
Bill's hair turned gray a few times, and he tried to persuade Andrew Wiggins, but the boy was so determined that he refused to let him go.
What's even more infuriating is that Alina didn't know what was crazy, and actually sent a rare invitation to the basketball team to an unknown Chinese teenager!
"Oh my God, is he Yao Ming? Is he seven feet tall? Bill felt that he was about to be driven crazy, looking at the basketball players on the court who were weak to train, his heart was full of anger, and he subconsciously put the pencil in his mouth, and then "snapped" and bit off the lid......
When Li Dong saw Coach Bill for the first time, he saw the image of him spitting out an inexplicable thing from his mouth with a "puff", and he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, is this coach a monster?
"Ahem."
Joe Thomas cleared his throat and then took the lead and reached out to pat Coach Bill, who was leaning on the fence. "Bill, long time no see!"
Coach Bill looked back, "Joe! His eyes lit up, and a smile of surprise appeared on his face: "You are finally willing to come back!" Then he took the initiative to open his hands and enthusiastically gave Joe Thomas a firm hug, he patted Joe Thomas on the back a few times, and then looked over and saw Li Dong hiding behind Joe Thomas timidly, Li Dong and Bill looked at each other and showed a stiff smile.
"Is this the basketball boy you recommend?" Bill couldn't wait to ask, he was very positive about the work, although after seeing Li Dong's height clearly, he was still a little disappointed in his heart, in his opinion, Asian basketball players without height are basically lacking in confrontation.
Joe Thomas nodded a little proudly when he heard this, pulled Li Dong over, and introduced: "His name is Li Dong, a very good young man." ”
"Oh?!" Bill obviously had a look of disbelief on his face, and said quickly: "Joe, although we have been friends for more than thirty years, you know, I am a serious person, and my assessment has always been strict. Although many players on our University of Kansas Pine Eagles basketball team have recently left, not just anyone can come in, huh? Maybe my words are a little wrong, but you know what I mean, you have to let him pass the test first. ”
With such a fast speed of speech, Li Dong naturally couldn't understand, and Joe Thomas's face became a little ugly, his tone became cold, and he said bluntly: "Okay, I understand what you mean, Jack has already told me before coming." ”
"If it weren't for Aliana, I don't think I would have come to school today, you know, a fantastic Saturday is very rare." Bill turned and walked towards the basketball court, not greeting the two of them.
"Let's go, keep up." Joe Thomas was so cheeky that he beckoned Li Dong to follow Bill.
The basketball players of the University of Kansas who were training on the court looked curiously at the two people next to the coach, and the young and handsome Li Dong attracted most of the attention, his eyes were clear, he walked steadily, and his expression was indifferent, like an elegant aristocratic boy.
As he walked, Bill began to introduce his assessment: "You know, I have a yardstick in mind. The first thing to do is to measure the physical fitness, and I need your most comprehensive physical fitness report. Second, even if you have decent physical fitness, I still need some basic basketball skills here, and if you still can't pass it, you won't be able to be a part of the University of Kansas basketball team. ”
Bill introduced quickly, Li Dong frowned and listened effortlessly, many places did not understand and hear clearly.
"Alright, alright, let's stop for a moment!" Coach Bill clapped his hands, asked the Songying basketball players who were training on the court to stop, and then beckoned someone to come over: "Ryo, help me clean up this court and prepare some equipment to measure physical fitness. As he greeted, a young white man, about the same height as Li Dong, nodded, and then beckoned a few players to the side door of the court.
?“ Okay, let's start with some basic measurements, and here are the most standard height and weight measurements. Coach Beal turned around, his face a little smug, "Our basketball equipment facilities at the University of Kansas are also at the leading level, and they can definitely measure the number of players with the most accuracy, even surpassing some NBA teams." ”
Joe Thomas handed Li Dong a color, and Li Dong reached out to take off his coat, and then in the blink of an eye, he changed into a clean and beautiful Zhengzhou University team uniform.
Someone couldn't help but laugh.
"It's so funny, look at his thin arms, did the boss find a social elite from the business school?"
Li Dongzhi didn't have anything absolute, but Joe Thomas, who listened to the laughter of "sneering", felt that his old face was a little unbearable, and then turned away with a straight face, out of sight.
A player came over pushing a heavy height and weight measuring instrument, and Li Dong took off his shoes and stood up under the signal of Bill.
"6.5 feet (198 cm) tall and 198.4 lbs (90 kg)!" Ryo, who was helping with the measurement, spoke out loud, and then a classmate with glasses next to him scribbled it down on a piece of paper.
Then it was to measure the arm span, and Li Dong leaned his back against the wall and stretched his arms with all his might.
"The arm span is 6.82 feet (208 cm)!" Ryo struggled to get the eye-to-eye to grab the end, and then loudly reported the value again.
"Oh?! This arm span is not bad at this point in the height segment. A hint of surprise flashed in Coach Bill's eyes, he has also been in contact with many Asian basketball players, and their arm spans are usually similar to their height, or even shorter than their height, such as Yao Ming's arm span of 2.26 meters is only 2.20 meters. In this regard, black athletes have a unique advantage, and their arm span is usually a lot longer than their height, like Li Dong, who grabs a lot of them.
At this point, Coach Bill was also a little interested, and the other players on the side also discussed, "This guy has a long hand and has potential." ”
"Feel the height test!" Ruio introduced.
Li Dong spat "bah", looked at the height gauge in the distance, pressed his legs, and stretched his muscles.
"Drink!" Li Dong squatted down and rushed out, like a cheetah that pounced on food, and Ruiou, who was next to the measuring instrument, bore the brunt of it, and was shocked by Li Dong's momentum, trembling all over.
He took a step, then "thumped" on the floor, his knees bent, his muscles exploded, and the whole person jumped up like a spring, and rushed into the air with an astonishing acceleration. Li Dong raised his right arm with great effort, and then pointed into the air.
"Smack!" He descended to the ground and looked up at the monitor.
"Bounce 29.5 inches! (75 cm) and 11.25 feet (343 cm) high! Ryo's voice on the side trembled slightly and reported the data, oh my God! What a terrifying statistic, Ryo was shocked by the statistic, you know, as far as he knows, there is no player like this who has this great bounce.
Also shocked was a group of people around here, and the players gasped and let out a "hiss~~" sound.
Bill Serve's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and his jaw was about to fall to the ground: "This, this, this ......" He turned his head to look at Joe Thomas, although Joe Thomas was also shocked in his heart, but he was not as shocked as Bill, in fact, he had already seen Li Dong's explosive bouncing force back in Xi'an.
"It's like Derek Rose, isn't it?"
Joe Thomas said lightly, full of teasing pleasure.